Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-05-14
CALLERS ON LAWYERS.
THE PRECAUTIONS THAT ARE TAKEN AGAINST eoReS AND cRANks. z
How Mistakes Are Sometimes Made. People Who Are Hardest to Get Rid oE Troublesome Women ClIents-Desirs for Litigation

Troublesome Women Cllents-Desirs
 for Litigation.
 People who visit the offices of prominen. lawyers find that they are usually cooped up in little dens of their own, and laby- rinthine passages and inquiSitive clerks bar the way. Those who are known to have important business with the firm are readily admitted to the inner cham Der, but strangers are examined and cross examined and their intentions thoroughly sifted before they can gain access. This exclusiveness is a matter of protection, and while the inciyility of clerks and middle men may be trying to the temper of person having a right in the office, yet such course must be taken or the law yers would have their hands full of bust ness in which there was no money, and be driven tO the verge of suicide by bores.
 ''The reception roOm," said the chief clerk of large law firm to a reporter, "has many queer people in it at times. There are a set of cranks of the most an- moving kind who make the rounds of ths leading law firms in the city. They are born litigants. Some of them have money; the most of them have none.
 
 the first time and unrOlls an old map or any ether document with the yellow tings of age on it the guns are at once trained on him. Mistakes are sometimes made It does not always do tO size up a man from appearances. My resignation was asked once because 1 sat down hard on . client who could sign his check for mill ion but looked like a tramp. That's ono aarf1rra .T. al ways look like it
 HAED TO GET RID OF.
 "The pee pie who own half the city and can prove it and those who are interested in inventions and patents are the hardest to get rid of. If they can get hold with Cn eyclid they will never let go They have plausible stories all and insist on see- ing the heal of the firm. Sometimes they do get an audience, and as long as they pass the outer gate he thinks they are all right and takes an interest in the bust ness. One smart fellow got us to bring a suit for damages against a we'll known business man. Our client had dOcumen- tary proof that made a splendid case and would have stood in any court, but when the case came tO trial it was shown that the people and facts were drawn from his own imagination and the case was thrown out of court. It was the third time he had fooled a lawyer, but as he paid for his fun no hearts were broken.
 ''The women clients of this kind are the most troublesome. They insist on seeing he head of the firm without telling their business tO any one else To tell them a little lie about his being out is no good, Tor they will sit the whole day, fl neces- sary, Co test the statement There are three or four women who have money and 'peud their time going the rounds of the prominent lawyers, trying to enlist them n some imaginary suit. They will put ip retainer, if asked to. but woe be to he man who takes it. A trip tO Europe $ the only means of escape. They will bring a suit on the slightest pretense, but usually there is no ground for complaint.
 ''The desire 10 litigRte seems to be over One of the women visits the ,Ourts regularly, has picked up a good knowledge Of law and can ask questions hat would make the oldest practitioner .cratch his head. Nearly all these pecul- | ar people are eccentric or mentally un- .Ound and most of them really believe hat they have been injured and are en- tiled tO redress. At one time there were | everal fine looking women who sought to | ,et an audience with first class lawyers As we'll as business men for blackmailing pur- | ,oses, and it is a rule in some offices that | trange women are never seen by any member of the firm except when wit iesses are present. It is . peculiar thing hat women clients who have legitimate | business fin court form violent antipathy | Icainst any one who is opposed Co them | md do not hesitate to make known their I intense hatred by word and manner "- Sew York Tribune.